Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what to do with it instead of figuring out what to do without it.

There's no way for them to take away my sadness, but they can make sure I am not empty of all the other feelings.

I measure the moment in the heartbeats I skip

There will always be more questions. Every answer leads to more questions. The only way to survive is to let some of them go.

When he talked to you, you seemed to fit in, but when someone else was talking, or he would be distracted, you jsut looked lonely over there. At least to me. But whenever I would tell you that, you'd say "I'm fine. I just slip out of it, you know?" And I'd say "I'll catch you," and you would say, "It's not the kind of slipping you can catch.

This is my life, I think. I am an accumulation of objects.

My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and dont be afraid.